Whats eCommerce all About

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Whats eCommerce all Aboutgt

• MIS 6453
• Electronic Commerce

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First, How about a Quiz?

• Go to
• cw.prenhall.com/bookbind/pubbooks/laudon5/chapter1
  0/multiple1/deluxe-content.html
• And/or
• cw.prenhall.com/bookbind/pubbooks/luadon5/chapter1
  0/truefalse1/deluxe-content.html

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Internet Business Models(Based upon Purpose)

• Virtual storefront
• Marketplace concentrator
• Information broker
• Transaction broker
• Electronic clearinghouse
• Reverse auction
• Digital product delivery
• Content provider
• Online service provider

• --gt Amazon.Com
• --gt DealerNet
• --gt Travelocity
• --gt ETrade
• --gt Bid.Com
• --gt Priceline.Com
• --gt PhotoDisc
• --gt Quote.Com
• --gt TuneUp.Com

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Internet Business Models(Application Types)

• Business to Consumer (b2c)
• Consumer to Consumer (c2c)
• Business to Business (b2b)
• e2e

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Internet Business Models(Based on Origin)

• Internet startup (dot-com)
• Clicks mortar

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eBusiness and eCommerce

• Internet vs. Internet
• Is there a sale being made?
• eBusiness used in eCommerce

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Lets Dissect a URL

• Consider
• http//www.clt.astate.edu/jseydel/mis6453/ho645
  3.htm
• Includes
• Protocol
• Domain name
• Host computer name (www?)
• Folder names
• Filename.filetype (unless default)

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File Names Types

• Old convention 8.3
• Still not a bad idea
• But somewhat limiting
• File types
• htm and html same
• asp
• cgi
• Other (e.g., txt, shtml, . . . )?
• Regardless, assume case sensitive !

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Internet Capabilities

• E -Mail person -to-person messaging document
  sharing
• USENET Newsgroups electronic bulletin boards for
  discussion groups
• LISTSERVs e-mail list servers for discussion
  groups
• Chatting interactive conversations
• Telnet log on one computer, work on another
• FTP transfer files from computer to computer
• Gophers use menus to locate text material
• Worldwide Web graphics and hypertext